Beef sishebo with beans

Ingredients:

½ cup (125 ml) dried sugar
beans or white beans
2 tsp (10 ml) sunflower oil
500 g beef stewing meat
with bones, all fat removed
2 onions, chopped
2 carrots, chopped
1 green pepper, seeds
removed and chopped
2 cups (500 ml) water
1 cinnamon stick (optional)
2 tbsp (30 ml) curry powder
2 potatoes, chopped
300 g butternut, cubed
2 tomatoes, chopped
½ tsp (2,5 ml) salt
lemon juice and black
pepper to taste

Method:

1. Soak beans in 1 litre of
water overnight. Rinse and
drain.
2. Heat half the oil in a pot
and fry meat until golden
brown. Spoon out and set
aside.
3. Heat the rest of the oil
and fry onions, carrots and
green pepper for a few minutes.
4. Add beans, meat, water
and cinnamon. Bring to the
boil and reduce the heat.
5. Simmer with a lid for 1½
hours or until the beans are
cooked.
6. Add the remaining ingredients
and simmer for another
30 minutes or until
the meat, beans and veggies
are tender.
7. Season with lemon juice
and pepper and serve hot.